Poems

Written in a Christian Science Rest Room

B. PHYLLIS SIMPSON

O Tender quiet, whither all may comeBringing their burdens, leave them at this door.

Progress

CHRISTIE L. TERPENING

Rising in the scale of being,Every earnest student growsInto willingness to conquerSin and death—all human foes—Willingness to prove his sonshipWith eternal Life and power,Finding Life and Truth omniscient,Guiding, guarding, every hour.

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God Speaks to Me

ALBERT M. CHENEY

"Speak; for thy servant heareth.

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Awakening

MARGUERITE SCOTT TILL

How fervently to God I daily prayedThat I might wake from out my doubting night,And lo, at dawn I saw the shadows fade,And pain and ill receded from my sight.

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Walk to Emmaus

THELMA BROOKS

While walking the Emmaus road,afraid of what their hearts forebode,speaking in terms of doubt and shameat mention of the Master's name.

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A Prayer for Those in Active Service

NAOMI V. M. TOPLEY

For those who from our firesides, Lord, have goneTo fight for freedom's cause on land or sea,We ask that they may know the peace of MindThat comes to those who put their trust in Thee.

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"I know thee by name"

VERA CONSTANCE HOWARD

I know thee by thy name! Could any wordsMore dear and close relationship convey?

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"There shall be showers of blessing"

HAZEL HARPER BRANDNER

"There shall be showers of blessing,"Reviving the hearts of all men,When brotherly love, effervescing,Returns sweet refreshment again.

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Comfort of Love

HESTER CHAMPNEY

When anxious hearts beat fast and yearn to knowHow loved ones fare and in what lands they dwell,In deep humility we learn to bowBefore that reassuring, "It is well.

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On Hallowed Ground

SADIE M. GERVAIS

When human hopes delude and joys deceive,When storms of mortal sense confound and bliss beguiles,When sunny gardens seem but barren isles,Awake! The senses ever falsely thus aggrieveAnd strive to make mendacities astound.